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... installation without me setting foot on it. On inauguration day, in fact, I joined a great Couchsurfing event and hiked up to the 1,300 m high Punta Almana to enjoy a stunning bird's eye view over the ...

... happy to be there. Early the next morning I would hitch-hike to Domnești, then to Câmpulung, and finally take a bus to Brașov.
Cornelio was the very Latin name of the man who picked me up in his car ...

... myself at the best spot to hitchhike for a ride.
A first van took me to Shatin. There I was refreshing myself at a fountain when up comes another traveller with a badly sunburnt forehead, carrying ...

... had seemed a good spot to enjoy the sun and read on "Les Frères Karamazov", at least until a party of vociferating hikers hit the terrace one storey above and sat down with the declared intention of staying ...

... he said in an hour and a half I would be down in the valley. I took a breath of relief, but then realised this couldn't be true, either. That was far too short a time! Another solitary hiker wearing high-visibility ...

... and taking the path used by most hikers, but that seemed to trivialise the excursion. The man sounded worried at my stubbornness; if we insisted on starting from there – he warned – we were likely to get ...

... the snow that must stay crisp for long months at an altitude of barely 1,000 metres. After a long hike I did finally reach the Labyrinth and was surprised at even stranger moulded boulders that form an ...

Finally a clear Sunday was announced. I brushed up the text message that Danilo had sent me during the week to propose a hike in the mountains. It read: "Climb to Mount Barbarossa starting from the hamlet ...

... Genet. We hired a Bajaj together that panted its way up to the hill station. As I alighted from the tuktuk, I was intercepted by a guy who offered himself as a guide for a hike in the forest. That sounded ...

... than a free trail and signposts to embark on a hike and visti the place on one’s own. I was nevertheless taken aback by the lift shuttling up and down in the crystal-lined shaft, definitely out of place ...

... a village rather than the town.
The Five Colums Peak turned out to be the most impressive of all the parks I visited and the most challenging in terms of physical effort, but the long hike and the ...

... accompany me on the following day’s hike to Cadaqués. Knowing that the coastal trail was about 25 km long, my idea was that we’d catch a bus back to Roses in time for my 5.30 departure. One of Julian’s ...

... special – it was mostly a semi urban outskirts environment with occasional crossings of green patches – as the social experience with the other hikers. The atmosphere was that of a house party where you ...

... project set up by an Ngo. The original employee received me, directed me to the guest house and gave me a tour of the village.
The next day I went on a hike to explore the surroundings. As soon as you ...

... with a sax who played cheerful folk music. There was dancing and singing to be enjoyed virtually all night long if you just made concessions to an early start the next day.
As I wanted to go for a hike, ...

After a lunch on the river bank, I hitchhiked on to Nalati. I was luckier than yesterday because I was picked up by a sturdy car steered by a cautious driver. After a couple of hours I was dropped at the ...

... the result of a frustrating life?
In the morning I wrenched myself out of the fluffy quilt and set out for a hike. Although I had anticipated only a couple of hours, my walk took my whole morning. I ...

... the frontier. Instead of waiting for the early afternoon bus, we decided to hitchhike from the morning, even before the yurt owner had woken up and got breakfast ready.
We were first taken by a Tagik ...

... the village of Matisi and I was dropped at the junction. From there it was still 9 km to the temple and I set out along the road. It was clearly too long to do on foot and I hitchhiked for a lift as soon ...

... on top of two facing crags at an altitude of over 2,000 m and confronted each other for two years. Summer and winter.
The outstanding feature of the hike is the so-called 52 tunnel road that was dug ...